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9780631221968

The Social Movements Reader

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    9780631221968

  • ISBN10:

    0631221964

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-02-14
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

The Social Movements Reader is an extensive collection of the key classic and contemporary readings on the origins, organization, dynamics, and effects of social movements. Contains 33 concise essays by leading scholars on the origins, organizations, influences, and development of social movements. Collects both classic and contemporary readings on social movements. Provides several case studies including articles on labor, civil rights, women, the environment, religion, and politics. Includes editorial introductions, chronologies, and definitions of key terms to give further insight and direction.

Author Biography

Jeff Goodwin is Associate Professor of Sociology at New York University. He is the author of No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements (2001) and co-editor (with James M. Jasper and Francesca Polletta) of Passionate Politics: Emotions and Social Movements (2001).

James M. Jasper is the author of The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social Movements (1997) and Restless Nation: Starting over in America (2000) and co-author (with Dorothy Nelkin of The Animal Rights Crusade (1992).

Table of Contents

List of Key Concepts
ix
Acknowledgments x
Part I Introduction 1(8)
Editors' Introduction
3(6)
Jeff Goodwin
James M. Jasper
Part II When and Why Do Social Movements Occur? 9(40)
Introduction
11(3)
Discussion Questions
14(1)
The Civil Rights Movement (from Civil Rights: The 1960s Freedom Struggle)
15(7)
Rhoda Lois Blumberg
The Women's Movement (from ``The Origins of the Women's Liberation Movement'')
22(10)
Jo Freeman
The Gay Liberation Movement (from Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities)
32(6)
John D'Emilio
The Iranian Revolution (from ``Structural and Perceived Opportunity: The Iranian Revolution of 1979'')
38(11)
Charles Kurzman
Part III Who Joins or Supports Movements? 49(40)
Introduction
51(3)
Discussion Questions
54(1)
Recruits to Civil Rights Activism (from Freedom Summer)
55(9)
Doug McAdam
Changing Values in Post-Industrial Societies (from The Silent Revolution)
64(8)
Ronald Inglehart
Middle-Class Radicalism and Environmentalism (from ``Environmentalism Middle-Class Radicalism and Politics'')
72(9)
Stephen Cotgrove
Andrew Duff
``Christian Patriots'' (from The Politics of Righteousness: Idaho Christian Patriotism)
81(8)
James A. Aho
Part IV Who Remains In Movements, and Who Drops Out? 89(40)
Introduction
91(2)
Discussion Questions
93(1)
Generating Commitment Among Students (from ``Sacrifice for the Cause: Group Processes, Recruitment, and Commitment in a Student Social Movement'')
94(9)
Eric L. Hirsch
Sustaining Commitment Among Radical Feminists (from Feminist Generations)
103(13)
Nancy Whittier
Disengaging from Movements (from The Social Psychology of Protest)
116(13)
Bert Klandermans
Part V What Do Movement Participants Think and Feel? 129(34)
Introduction
131(2)
Discussion Questions
133(1)
World Views of Pro- and Anti-Abortion Activists (from Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood)
134(13)
Kristin Luker
Ideological Purity in the Women's Movement (from Why We Lost the ERA)
147(6)
Jane J. Mansbridge
The Emotions of Protest (from ``The Emotions of Protest'')
153(10)
James M. Jasper
Part VI How Are Movements Organized? 163(56)
Introduction
165(3)
Discussion Questions
168(1)
Social Movement Organizations (from ``Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory'')
169(18)
John D. McCarthy
Mayer N. Zald
Organizational Repertoires (from ``Organizational Repertoires and Institutional Change: Women's Groups and the Transformation of U.S. Politics, 1890--1920'')
187(15)
Elisabeth S. Clemens
Transnational Environmental Activism (from ``Politics Beyond the State: Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics'')
202(8)
Paul Wapner
Affinity Groups and the Movement Against Corporate Globalization (from ``After Seattle'')
210(9)
William Finnegan
Part VII What Do Movements Do? 219(36)
Introduction
221(3)
Discussion Questions
224(1)
Protest Tactics (from Rules for Radicals)
225(4)
Saul D. Alinsky
Tactical Innovation in the Civil Rights Movement (from The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement)
229(5)
Aldon Morris
The Strategic Uses of Identity by the Lesbian and Gay Movement (from ``Celebration and Suppression'')
234(15)
Mary Bernstein
Discursive Activism by Catholic Feminists (from Faithful and Fearless)
249(6)
Mary Fainsod Katzenstein
Part VIII How Do the State and Mass Media Influence Movements? 255(58)
Introduction
257(3)
Discussion Questions
260(1)
The ``Smothering'' Allies of the Nuclear Freeze Movement (from A Winter of Discontent)
261(7)
David S. Meyer
Farmworkers' Movements in Changing Political Contexts (from ``Insurgency of the Powerless'')
268(15)
J. Craig Jenkins
Charles Perrow
Another Look at Farmworker Mobilization (from ``Resources and Resourcefulness'')
283(18)
Marshall Ganz
The Media in the Unmaking of the New Left (from The Whole World Is Watching)
301(12)
Todd Gitlin
Part IX Why Do Movements Decline? 313(32)
Introduction
315(2)
Discussion Questions
317(1)
The Decline of the Labor Movement (from The War on Labor and the Left)
318(10)
Patricia Cayo Sexton
The Decline of the Women's Movement (from ``What Happened to the Women's Movement?'')
328(7)
Barbara Epstein
The Dilemmas of Identity Politics (from ``Must Identity Movements Self-Destruct? A Queer Dilemma'')
335(10)
Joshua Gamson
Part X What Changes Do Movements Bring About? 345(25)
Introduction
347(2)
Discussion Questions
349(1)
Defining Movement ``Success'' (from The Strategy of Social Protest)
350(3)
William A. Gamson
The Case of Huey Long and the New Deal (from ``Stolen Thunder? Huey Long's Share Our Wealth, Political Mediation, and the Second New Deal'')
353(14)
Edwin Amenta
Kathleen Dunleavy
Mary Bernstein
Movements and Cultural Change (from Music and Social Movements)
367(3)
Ron Eyerman
Andrew Jamison
Biographies 370(1)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 370(1)
Betty Friedan 371(2)
Cesar Chavez 373(1)
Abbie Hoffman 374(1)
Lois Gibbs 375(1)
Joan Andrews 376(3)
References 379(3)
Index 382

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